Mounting for brake gears



May 18 1926.

s. J. STRID MOUNTING FOR BRAKE GEARS Filed March 22 1926 S. J. STRIDMOUNTING FOR BRAKE GEARS May 18 1923. v 1,584,823

Filed March 22', 1926 Sheets-Sheet -2 Patented May 18, 1926 Ul I SAYS;FEQE.

$VEN JULIUS STRID, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO FRED MATHEWS, OFCHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

MOUNTING FOR BRAKE GEARS.

Application filed March 22, 1926. v erial No. 96,512.

My present invention relates to bra-lie may be one of the elements of acomposite gears for railway cars, and it has more parsill, or it may beof the I-beam type, and is ticular reference to the mode of installingcut away at its end so as to provide a horithe gears upon the endportion of the car. zontal shelf 8 to; carry the transversely dis- 6 Asis well known, there are numerous posed end-sill member 9 that isconnected 6 types of car and underframe constructions, to the web bymeans of the angular strap and each railway company has special de- 10.In the underframe structure illustrated signs of structures to suit therequirements there is an intermediate transverse angular of theparticular traflic handled by it in the member 11 that extends from thecenter-sill 10 most etlicient and dependable manner. member to theadjacent side-sill or side of 5 Thus, when it is desired to install abrakethe car, and as seen in Figure 3, and as gear upon the end of a carof any particuviewed from the end of the car, this interlar or specialdesign it is necessary to devise mediate member or sill 11 is given anedge means that will effectively carry the gearbend as at 12 so that itextends upwardly 15 ing and will brace the same against the from thebend towards the side-sill or side 7 longitudinal stress of' the pullrods and of the car, and also upwardly from the bend chains of the brakemechanism. towards the center-sill where it is secured to My presentstructure is "especially designed the web of the latter. A bracket.formed for use in connection with a certain type from an angle-shapedplate has one fia-ngel of gondola car, and has for its object thesecured to the web 5 of the center-sill mem- 7 provision of means formounting the brake her and its other flange 1 1 projects laterally gear,which means'are compact in arrangetherefrom and has the adjacent obliqueend ment, dependable in operation, economical portion of theintermediate member 11 seto manufacture, and which is novel in concuredto it.

struction, I prefer to carry out my inven- The gearing for operating thebrake is tion and to accomplish the several objects mounted within ahousing consisting of top thereof in substantially the manner hereinandbottom castings, the former comprising after fully described and asmoreparticua horizontal disposed rectangular-plate 15 larly pointed out inthe claims, reference with depending side portions 16 that are se- 00being here made to the accompanying drawcured to correspondingupstanding side porin'gs that form a part of this specification. tions17 of the lower plate 18. The gearing In the drawings itself forms noportion of the present in- Figure lis a longitudinal side elevation ofvention and needs no reference herein ena portion of a car underframeshowing my cept to state that the same is of the type set F inventionthereon with the center-sill in eleforth in United States Patent No.1,508,624, vation and the end-sill in transverse section. which wasissued September 16th. 1924 to Figure 2 is a top plan of the structureil- Fred Mathews for a Gearing. The plate lustrated in Figure 1. 15 ofthe upper casting is preferably po- Figure 3 is a vertical transversesection sitioned with one of its longitudinal edges taken on line 38 ofFigure 1 looking in parallel with and spaced below the lower thedirection of the arrows. flange 7 of the center-sill and the transverseThe drawings are somewhat schematic for edge of the plate 15 is spacedinwardly the purpose of illustrating a typical or prefrom the verticalplane of the end-sill 9. ferred embodiment of my invention, and in Theplate 15, as seen in the drawings, is in 4 said drawings like referencecharacters have the horizontal plane of the lower edge of been employedto 1 designate similar parts the intermediate member or sill 11 at thewherever they appear throughout the sevbend in the latter which is belowthe horieral views. zontal plane of the lower flange 7 of the Theportion of the ear underframe herein centersill. 1 The bend 12 affords ameans illustrated comprises a longitudinally disfor connecting theintermediate member 1 posed center-sill member in the form of a 11 withthe gear housing which is done by metal channel beam positioned with itsweb providing a lateral lug 19 upon the longitu- 5 in a vertical planeand its upper and lower dinal edge of plate 15 farthest from thecenflanges 6 and 7 laterally disposed in horiter-sill, which lug has itsupper surface 55 zontal planes. The center-sill member 5 slightlyconcaved and extends obliquely in an upward direction as shown in Figure3 to provide a s t. for and conforms to the shape of the bent flangethat is secured to this lug bv the rivet 20. The edge of plate. 15nearest the end-sill is provided. upon farthest in the cornercenteusill. with a lug 21. and a brace 2" is secured at its lower end tosaid lug and extends obliquely in an upward direction towards the web ofthe center-sill where it given an edge bend to provide a verticalextension 23 that is disposed parallel with the center-sill web to whichlatter is riveted, bolted, or otherwise secured. The longitudinal edgeof plate 15 adjacent the centersill is provided with front and rear feet2-1 and 25 respectively the upper flat surfaces of which are disposed ina plane above the plane of plate 15 a distance suficient to engage withthe lower surface of the lower flange 7 of the center-sill to whichflange these feet are secured by bolts, rivets or otherwise. From theforegoing it will be obvious the gear housing is connected in a rigidmanner to the car-underframe by means of a mounting structure that isdependable in preventing the housing from tilting or being accidentallymoved. out of its desired position incident to the stress exerted by thepull on the chain and other parts of the brake mechanism. In order tofurther reinforce and brace the gear-housing I provide an angle-bar 26similar to the brace 22 that is secured at its lower end to the outerportion of the plate 15 and extends obliquely in an upward direction tothe web of the center-sill, where it is given an edge bend to provide anupward extension 27 that is secured to the web of the center-sill in thesame manner as the extension 23 of the front brace. The housing is thusreinforced at all four corners by its attachmentto the centersill and tothe braces 22 and 26 and there is an intermediate reinforcement providedthrough the medium of the intermediate member or sill 11.

hat I claim as new is 1. Means for mounting a brake-gear comprising acar center-sill, a transverse beam extended laterally therefrom, a gearhousing the upper portion is secured to said centersill and said beam,and an oblique brace extended from said housing to said centersill, saidbrace disposed in a vertical plane parallel with said beam andtransverse to said center-sill.

2. Means for mounting a brake-gear comprising a car center-sill, atransverse beam extended laterally therefrom, a gear housing the upperportion of which is secured to said center-sill and said beam, and apair of oblique braces extended from opposite ends of said housing uponopposite sides of said beam to said center-sill.

3. Means for mounting a brake-gear coirprising an angle-metalcenter-sill disposed with its web in a vertical plane, a gear housingsecured to one of the longitudinal edges of said center-sill andextemled horizontally therefrom, and a transverse beam extendedlaterally from said center-sill and bent intermediate its ends towardsand secured to said housing.

4-. Iileans for mounting a brake-gear com-- prising an angle metalcenter-sill disposd with its web in a vertical plane. a gear housingsecured to one of the longitmlinal edge: of said center-sill andextended horizontally therefrom. a transve beam extending laterally fromsaid center-sill and bent intermediate its ends towards and secured tosaid housing, and an oblique brace extended from said center-sill andsecured to said housing, said brace disposed in a vertical planeparallel with said beam.

5. Means for mounting a brake-gear con:- prising an angle-metalcenter-sill disposed with its web in a vertical plane, a gear housingsecured to the lower flange of said center-sill, and a transverse beamsecured to said sill above said housing and extended downwardly to andsecured to said housing and extended therefrom in a direction lateral tosaid center-sill.

6. Means for mounting a brake-gear comprising a center-sill having avertically disposed web portion and a lateral lower flange. a gearhousing secured to said flange, braces connected to outer portions ofsaid housing and to the upper portion of the centersill web, and anunder frame beam connected to said center-sill web and extended towardsthe side of the car in a plane intermediate said b'aces, said beam beingbent transversely downwardly to and secured to said housing.

7. Means for mounting a brake-gear comprising a car center-sill, anintermediate underfranie beam secured to said sill and projectingtransversely thereto towards the side of the car and having a portionextended downwardly below said sill, a gearhousing secured to the lowerportion of said beam and disposed in a horizontal plane below said sill,and means upon said housing extenoing to said sill and connecting saidhousing thereto.

8. Means for mounting a brake-gear comprising a car center-sill, anintermediate underframe beam secured to said sill and projectingtherefrom towards the side of the car and having a portion extendeddownwardly below said sill, a gear-housing secured to the lower portionof said beam and disposed in a horizontal plane below said sill, neansupon said housing extended to said sill and connecting said housingthereto. and braces secured to and extending obliquely from an edgeportion of said housing towards and secured to said center-sill.

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9. Means for mounting a brake-gear comprising a car center-sill, a gearhousing secured along one longitudinal edge to said sill, and bracingmeans extended from other longitudinal edge of said housing and inelinedobliquely towards and secured to said sill.

10. Means for mounting a brake-gear comprising a car center-sill, a gearhousing secured along one longitudinal edge to said sill, and bracesextending from opposite ends of the other longitudinal edge of saidhousing and inclined towards and secured to said center-sill.

11. Means for mounting a brake-gear comprising a car center-sill, a gearhousing secured along one longitudinal edge to the lower edge of saidcenter-sill. and bracing means secured to and extended from the otherlongitudinal edge of said housing and inclined towards the upper edge ofsaid center-sill and secured thereto.

12. Means for mounting a brake-gear comprising a car center-sill, a gearhousing secured along one longitudinal edge to the lower edge of saidcenter-sill, and brace secured to and extending from opposite ends ofthe other longitudinal edge of said housing and inclined towards theupper edge of said center-sill and secured thereto.

Signed as Chicago, in the county of Cook, and State of Illinois, this19th day of March SVEN JULIUS STRID.

